----O'Brien, who earned the rank of captain in the Army, felt hostility personally while at a Fourth of July concert in Boston. He showed up in military dress, not having had the opportunity to change, and was greeted with hissing. "You would hesitate to wear a uniform," he remembers.----
Enlisted in the Army at 33! Oh man, this priest would go over great in D.C. He actually asks audiences to pray for priests! How novel! And he served in Vietnam!
I would love to see Chaput in DC! He reminds me of Fulton Sheen.